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Report State-Supplied Vaccines With This Modifier

Published on Mon Aug 25, 2025

Question: Our practice regularly administers vaccines, which are supplied by the state. Do I report the vaccine administration even though we aren’t charging the payer for the vaccine itself? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: You should check each patient’s payer’s respective policies, but generally, you would report what services are documented, including the appropriate CPT® code for any documented vaccine, and [...]
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